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176P/LINEAR

Basic Information of 176P/LINEAR

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.580501
Eccentricity 0.192900
Inclination (deg) 0.231500
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 345.781700
Argument of perihelion (deg) 34.436600
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 5.716958

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2028-08-08T21:48:25.581
Period (years) 5.716958

Magnitude

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Ephemeris

Date (UTC) RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Δ (AU) Motion (arcsec/hr) Dir (deg) Nearest HIP Dist (arcmin)
2025-11-21 14:02:26.41 -12:34:34.4 4.682 43.08 110.1 HIP 68713 25.33
2025-11-22 14:03:32.76 -12:40:29.5 4.675 42.97 110.1 HIP 68713 8.27
2025-11-23 14:04:38.98 -12:46:22.6 4.668 42.85 110.0 HIP 68713 9.40
2025-11-24 14:05:45.07 -12:52:13.8 4.660 42.73 109.9 HIP 68847 10.18
2025-11-25 14:06:51.03 -12:58:03.0 4.653 42.61 109.9 HIP 68856 14.41
2025-11-26 14:07:56.84 -13:03:50.1 4.645 42.48 109.8 HIP 69054 8.34
2025-11-27 14:09:02.51 -13:09:35.3 4.637 42.35 109.8 HIP 69060 18.29
2025-11-28 14:10:08.02 -13:15:18.3 4.629 42.21 109.7 HIP 69306 15.22
2025-11-29 14:11:13.37 -13:20:59.2 4.620 42.07 109.6 HIP 69306 2.57
2025-11-30 14:12:18.56 -13:26:38.0 4.612 41.93 109.6 HIP 69306 18.70
2025-12-01 14:13:23.58 -13:32:14.6 4.603 41.78 109.5 HIP 69512 13.14
2025-12-02 14:14:28.42 -13:37:49.1 4.594 41.63 109.5 HIP 69512 20.00
2025-12-03 14:15:33.08 -13:43:21.4 4.585 41.48 109.4 HIP 69769 17.18
2025-12-04 14:16:37.55 -13:48:51.4 4.576 41.33 109.3 HIP 69769 5.11
2025-12-05 14:17:41.83 -13:54:19.2 4.567 41.17 109.3 HIP 69801 10.70
2025-12-06 14:18:45.91 -13:59:44.8 4.557 41.01 109.2 HIP 70011 20.39
2025-12-07 14:19:49.79 -14:05:08.0 4.548 41.01 109.2 HIP 69987 21.11